List of players with the most goals for the national team

This list includes all the players who scored 50 or more goals for their national teams. Blue highlighted players continuing their football career in the national team.

As of May 29, 2018

A place	Player	National team	Confederation	Goals	Games	Goals per match	Career
one	Ali Daei	Iran	AFC	109	149	0.73	1993-2006
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	UEFA	88	158	0.56	2003—
3	Ferenc Puskas	Hungary Spain	UEFA	84 -	85 four	0.99 -	1945-1956 1961-1962
four	Kunisige Kamamoto	Japan	AFC	80	84	0.95	1964-1977
five	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	CAF	79	111	0.71	1968-1980
6	Hussein Said	Iraq	AFC	78	137	0.57	1977-1990
7	Pele	Brazil	CONMEBOL	77	91	0.85	1957-1971
eight	Sandor Kochish	Hungary	UEFA	75	68	1.10	1948-1956
	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	AFC	75	133	0.56	1996-2007
ten	Sunil Chetri	India	AFC	71	111	0.64	2005—
	Kinna Firi	Malawi	CAF	71	115	0.62	1973-1981
	Majid Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	AFC	71	116	0.61	1977-1994
	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	AFC	71	134	0.53	1993-2007
	Miroslav Klose	Germany	UEFA	71	137	0.52	2001—2014
15	Pyapong Pye-on	Thailand	AFC	70	100	0.70	1981-1997
	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	70	115	0.61	1995-2012
	Husam Hassan	Egypt	CAF	70	169	0.41	1985-2006
18	Gerd Muller	Germany	UEFA	68	62	1.10	1966-1974
	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	CONCACAF	68	133	0.51	1998—2016
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	CONMEBOL	68	136	0.50	2005—
	Robbie Keane	Ireland	UEFA	68	146	0.46	1998—2016
22	Jasim al-huweidi	Kuwait	AFC	65	100	0.65	1992-2003
	Didier Drogba	Cote d'Ivoire	CAF	65	104	0.61	2002—2014
24	Ronaldo	Brazil	CONMEBOL	62	98	0.63	1994—2011
	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Sweden	UEFA	62	116	0.53	2001—2016
	Ahmad Radha	Iraq	AFC	62	121	0.51	1982-1997
27	Neymar	Brazil	CONMEBOL	60	97	0.65	2010—
28	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	UEFA	59	68	0.87	1906-1927
	David Villa	Spain	UEFA	59	98	0.60	2005—2017
thirty	Chha Bom Geun	South Korea	AFC	58	134	0.43	1972-1986
31	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	UEFA	57	106	0.56	2008—
	Soeggipto Soentoro	Indonesia	AFC	57	68	0.84	1965-1970
	Carlos Pavon	Honduras	CONCACAF	57	101	0.56	1993—2010
	Clint Dempsey	USA	CONCACAF	57	141	0.42	2004—2017
	Eunice Mahmoud	Iraq	AFC	57	148	0.39	2002—2016
	Landon Donovan	USA	CONCACAF	57	157	0.36	2000—2014
37	Romario	Brazil	CONMEBOL	55	70	0.79	1987-2005
	Kazuyoshi Miura	Japan	AFC	55	89	0.62	1990-2000
	Jan Koller	Czech	UEFA	55	91	0.60	1999-2009
	Fundy Ahmad	Singapore	AFC	55	101	0.55	1979-1997
	Edin jacko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	55	102	0.59	2007—
	Luis Suarez	Uruguay	CONMEBOL	55	106	0.52	2007—
	Bader al-Mutawa	Kuwait	AFC	55	162	0.32	2003—
44	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	CONMEBOL	54	77	0.70	1991-2002
	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	CAF	54	118	0.46	1997—2014
46	Joachim Streich	GDR	UEFA	53	98	0.54	1969-1984
	Wayne Rooney	England	UEFA	53	120	0.44	2003—2016
48	Poul Nielsen	Denmark	UEFA	52	38	1.37	1910-1925
	Ali Ashfak	Maldives	AFC	52	77	0.67	2003—
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	UEFA	52	112	0.46	1997—2010
	Adnan at tagliani	UAE	AFC	52	161	0.32	1983-1997
52	Lajosh Chihi	Hungary	UEFA	51	72	0.71	1955-1971
	Le Cong Vinh	Vietnam	AFC	51	83	0.61	2004—2016
	Asamoa Gyan	Ghana	CAF	51	106	0.48	2003—
	Hakan Shukur	Turkey	UEFA	51	112	0.46	1992-2007
	Thierry Henry	France	UEFA	51	123	0.41	1997—2010
57	Karim Bagheri	Iran	AFC	50	87	0.58	1993—2010
	Phil Younghazband	Philippines	AFC	50	97	0.52	2006—
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	UEFA	50	102	0.49	2005—2017
	Hwang Song Hon	The Republic of Korea	AFC	50	103	0.48	1988-2002
	Tim Cahill	Australia	AFC	50	108	0.46	2004—2018
	Shinji Okazaki	Japan	AFC	50	119	0.42	2008—